Tour Packages
Full Day Kayaking Tours
Tour Itinerary: DON DET – KHONEPASOI WATERFALL – KHONPRAPHENG WATERFALL – DON DET
Tour Highlights: This is a perfect one-day adventure.
Enjoy and experience one of the most beautiful and exciting rapids.
Departure: We leave from our office on Don Det at 9:30 am. After your breakfast (included), we then start our paddling trip. The guide will first give you some basic paddle instructions. After that, we paddle to the western side of Don Det and then, bypassing some small Islands, downstream to the north of Don Khone. This takes about 40 minutes.
After mastering some minor rapids, you will enjoy more exciting grade 2-3 rapids. We stop at the pier and walk to Khonpasoi waterfall for about 25 min. Enjoy the lovely nature views as we walk to the next Kayaking start point. Then we will stop at the Cambodia border beach and a beautiful, clean swimming spot. Here we will have a picnic lunch.
Not many people come along this way, only the local fisherman. After lunch, we continue paddling downstream for about 40 minutes to Veun Kham village. Here transportation is waiting to take us to the unique and impressive Khon Phapheng waterfall, considered the largest in Southeast Asia. Afterward, we drive back to Ban Nakasang and enjoy the final kayaking back to Don Det.
Price: We have a group every day from our Don Det office; with a minimum of 3 to a maximum of 25 guests,
Time: morning 8:30 am all guests will be greeted in our restaurant (our restaurant is adherent with our office). 9:30 Am, We will start the trip after finishing the included breakfast, and we will finish the tour at Don Det island at 16:30 pm
Price: on request
What to bring: Hat, Sun-cream, Clothes/shoes to get wet, warm clothes
Tour Includes: Water, Breakfast, BBQ Lunch, Local English speaking guide, All Transportation, Government taxes, all entrance fees, waterproof bag, and life jacket
Half Day Kayaking and Sightseeing Tours
09:00 am: pick up at your hotel on Donkhone by boat going to Dondet for starting our trip
09:30 am: the guide gives you some basic paddle instruction
10:00 am: we start our kayak trip, paddling to the western side of Don Det passing by some small islands to the north of Donkhone. This takes about 40 minutes. After mastering some minor rapids you will enjoy some more exciting rapids (grade 2 – 3).
After that, we will stop at Donkhone village, take a walk of 25 minutes enjoying the nature as we continue walking to the pier (around 25 minutes) We then paddle downstream (about 40 minutes).
Afterward, we will go to a place where only Local fishermen come. It’s a nice place to take photos and swim. Then we will kayak back to the pier at Hangkhone village, where we take the local transport and return back to Don Khone or Don Det. 12:30
Duration: Around 3 hours –9:30 am – 12:30
Depart/return location: Green paradise office in Don Det
Includes: Drinking water, Local English-speaking guide/s, transport as mentioned above, government taxes, all entrance fees, and Travel permits
What to bring: Hat, sun cream, Clothes/shoes to get wet, warm clothes
Cycling Tours
We Have several tours to choose from, all specially tailored to give you the very best Cycling Tours offered in Laos! Come to our office and we can workout the details together.
- Pakse Tour
- Wat Phou Salao Tour at a glance
- Wat Phou Salao Tour – Cycling to one of the most scenic outposts
- Extended Rural Mekong Bicycle Tour
- Don Khong by bicycle
- Don Khong And Don Loppadi
- Full Day: Don Khong – Don Loppadi – Don Khone – Khone Phapheng
- Cycling-tour | Don Det To Don Khong
- Island-hopping By Bicycle On 4000 Islands (2 Days – 1 Night, or more )
Tubing on the Mekong
We will take you by boat to another island further upstream. From there, you float down the Mekong River by tube lazily past the luscious green countryside returning to Don Det. Tour includes drinking water, an inner tube, and a boat drop-off.
Fishing in the Mekong
In Laos’s landlocked country, fish is a significant source of sustenance, protein, and food security for its people. It is reported that there are 481 fish species, including 22 exotic species, living in the Mekong River.
Learn about the many different ways Laos people catch fish. Discover the traditional fishing technique using a hand-woven nylon net. Your guide will show you the art of throwing the wide net in the water, and you can try the experience for yourself. It’s not as easy as the fishermen make it look!
Pole fishing is easier and immensely satisfying as you reel in your catch. We’ll even clean and cook it up for you. Delicious!
We start from our office, taking you by boat to another island where you will begin your experience.
The Mekong Fishing Tour includes:
drinking water, a boat, a BBQ picnic, 1big bottle of Beerlao, local fishing equipment
Departure time:
@ 09:30am – 12:00 PM
@ 14:30 pm – 17:30 pm
Trekking
Trekking and hiking is still the best way to explore Laos and its ethnic diversity. Trekking is the best way to meet people, understand their rural lives, and experience how the local people manage their daily lives. We invite you to discover the diversity of trekking tours in Southern Laos with Green Paradise Travel for an unforgettable lifetime experience.
Come to our office, and we can work out the details of the length of the tour together.
River Life Experience
Explore Southern Laos traditional lifestyle by boat going through the different channels between all the islands as a local, and discover life in a village through the lens of Buddhism. Emark on an authentic journey through the islands and discover life as it unfolds on the day of your tour:
- Visit two islands, away from tourist enclaves.
- Learn about traditional fishing teqniques from local fisherman,
- Try your hand at throwing a traditional lao fishing net.
- -Experience traditional handicrafts nd sampe local delicacies.
- You will sample and learn about whiskey distilling.
- You will walk through and learn about the history of a local village temple.
Cooking Class
So, you’ve been traveling around Laos, having some of the most incredible culinary experiences, and you wish to bring that experience home with you. Now you can learn from the local people who have been preparing that food for you! Learn the secrets of making sticky rice, larb, and many other Laos delicacies. Learn which spices to add and how much to bring these beautiful dishes to life.
Khone Phapheng Falls
The Khone Falls are the largest in Southeast Asia and are the main reason the Mekong is not fully navigable into China. The falls are characterized by thousands of islands and countless waterways, giving the area its name Si Phan Don or ‘the 4,000 islands’. The highest falls reach 21 meters (69 ft); the succession of rapids stretches 9.7 km (6.0 mi) of the river’s length. The average discharge of the cataract is nearly 11,000 m3/s (390,000 cu ft/s), with the highest flow on record at over 49,000 m3/s (1,700,000 cu ft/s).
Visit big waterfall (Khone Phapheng Falls) by local Car / Minivan and slow Boat.
Half Day Tour
Departure time:
@ 09:00 AM – 12:00 PM
@ 13:00 PM – 17:00 PM
End of the day, Relax
After taking our Green Paradise tours, some of the best tours offered in Laos, you may need to recuperate a bit, so you have the energy to explore with more tours! Or, maybe you’ve been traveling hard, and it could be time to let your soul catch up with you.
This is one activity that is absolutely free. Free from stress. Free from any particular schedule and one of the easiest things to do here on the 4000 islands. Read a book. Take a nice long snooze. Enjoy the lovely view.
And we have a wonderful place for you to do exactly that!
Then, when you have recharged again, we have the best tours you will remember for the rest of your life!